Linked by Tyler Bancroft on Wed 18th Feb 2004 20:35 UTC
I considered reviewing Debian for this article. I downloaded a copy of Debian 3.0r2, making sure to get the disk with the 2.4 kernel. Everything you've heard about Debian being difficult to install? It's not totally true, but it's pretty close. I really wanted to try Debian, though, if only to use the vaunted apt-get system. I'd tried apt-rpm on a previous Red Hat installation, and it was great. Since Debian was turning out to be too difficult to put together, I decided to look for a debian-based distro.
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I may make my living administering a Windows network, but if I had the full control of all IT where I work we'd go to Linux. As for Lindows...I have no problem with an easy to install distro, but Lindows you can't just buy it once, no a subscription is required to keep it up to date. If you are looking for a newbie distro check out Xandros. On the other hand it is my personal opinion that an OS reviewer should have reasonable mastery over that which they judge. You newbies who want Linux to be easy, and don't want to learn advanced techniques are just lazy. As long as people use Linux only to convince others that they are some sort of guru, but don't really want to learn it or take a true interest, it will be second fiddle to Windows. All newbies should seek mastery.